La Crosse man convicted of hitting, killing tow truck driver denied new trial

[TowNews]

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) -- A La Crosse man convicted in the death of a tow truck driver was back in court Thursday, asking for a new trial.

 

 

It happened in 2014 along I-94 in Jackson County when a vehicle driven by Steven Dolan hit and killed Nathan Walsh.

Walsh was on the side of the road loading a car onto his tow truck.

In November 2015, a jury found Dolan guilty of homicide by negligent use of a vehicle. A judge ordered Dolan to spend five years on probation and report to jail for up to two weeks during each year of the five-year-term.

 

Dolan is claiming his lawyer didn't do a good job representing him during the first trial because he didn't bring up that Dolan was on medication when the crash happened, which is what Dolan says may have caused the crash.

Thursday, the court denied the motion for post-conviction relief.

 

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